Jeff VanderMeer

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy. When the Southern Reach Trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestsellers list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured its place in the pantheon of twenty-first-century literature. And yet for all this, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take hold; the story of the first mission into the Forgotten Coast—before Area X was called Area X—had never been fully told; and what if someone had foreseen the world after Acceptance? How crazy would they seem? Structured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, there are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. Absolution is a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.

V druhé knize Prapodivných potíží Jonathan Lambshead spolu s přáteli pokračuje v nebezpečném putování Aurorou, alternativním univerzem plným bizarní bytostí a podivných kouzel, kam jej dovedly tajné dveře v podzemí rodinného sídla. Pomalu v sobě objevuje dosud netušené schopnosti a začíná chápat, jak náročný úkol před něj osud postavil. A zatím se vojska Aleistera Crowleyho, který pomocí černé magie už dávno ovládl Paříž a útočí i na pevninský most do Anglie, neúprosně blíží ku Praze... Čtenáři se opět mohou těšit na báječný ohňostroj nápadů, humoru a napínavých scén, jimiž VanderMeerova první řada knih pro mládež doslova překypuje. A jakou roli v tom všem sehraje svišť, jehož stín dopadá až příliš daleko?

"Jane Smith" biztonsági tanácsadó kap egy borítékot, benne egy raktár kulcsával, amely egy kitömött kolibrit és egy kitömött szalamandrához vezető nyomokat rejt. Silvina, a halott nő, aki az üzenetet hátrahagyta, hírhedt ökoterrorista volt és egy argentin iparmágnás lánya. Amikor Jane elviszi a kolibrit a raktárból, olyan események sorozatát indítja el, amelyek hamar kicsúsznak az irányítása alól. Nemsokára Jane és a családja is veszélybe kerül, és alig néhány szövetséges segít megérteni neki a veszély valódi mértékét. Vajon az egyetlen út a biztonságba, ha követi Silvina lépteit? Vagy túl késő leállni? Miközben Jane kétségbeesetten keresi a válaszokat arra, miért vette fel vele a kapcsolatot Silvina, ő - és talán a világ is - kifut az időből. A Kolibri szalamandra Jeff VanderMeer kápráztató, filmszerű stílusának legjavát nyújtja. Feszes és váratlan csavarokkal teli történetté szövi a klímaváltozás, az identitás és az általunk lakott világ legalapvetőbb kérdéseit.

A speculative thriller about the end of all things, set in the Pacific Northwest. A harrowing descent into a secret world. Security consultant and former wrestler 'Jane Smith' receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues leading her to a taxidermied salamander. Silvina, the dead woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of an Argentine industrialist. By taking the hummingbird from the storage unit, Jane sets in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control. Soon, Jane and her family are in danger, with few allies to help her make sense of the true scope of the peril. Is the only way to safety to follow in Silvina's footsteps? Is it too late to stop? As she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her, time is running out-for her and possibly for the world. Hummingbird Salamander is Jeff VanderMeer at his brilliant, cinematic best, wrapping profound questions about climate change, identity, and the world we live in into a tightly plotted thriller full of unexpected twists and elaborate conspiracy.

Čerstvě osiřelý šestnáctiletý mladík zdědí panské sídlo po svém podivínském dědečkovi. Spolu s domem však musí přijmout i povinnost, že pořídí soupis nepřeberných kuriózních sbírek, jež jeho předek nashromáždil v rozlehlých sklepeních. Jonathan si přizve na pomoc dva spolužáky a srdnatě se pustí do díla. Záhy však zjistí, že šlo jen o záminku, jež ho má dovést k jeho pravému poslání a tím není nic menšího než ochránit náš svět před vpádem černé magie. Ta se totiž zhoubně šíří alternativním univerzem, do nějž vedou jedny ze dveří ukrytých v podzemí. Ve světě jménem Aurora je všechno vzhůru nohama, historické události i postavy se v něm bláznivě pomíchaly, Alt-Evropu drancuje okultistický diktátor Aleister Crowley a jeho moc stále sílí

Zseniális spekulatív thriller az Expedíció szerzőjétől sötét összeesküvésről, veszélyeztetett fajokról és a lehetséges világvégéről. „Jane Smith” biztonsági tanácsadó kap egy borítékot, benne egy raktár kulcsával, amely egy kitömött kolibrit és egy kitömött szalamandrához vezető nyomokat rejt. Silvina, a halott nő, aki az üzenetet hátrahagyta, hírhedt ökoterrorista volt és egy argentin iparmágnás lánya. Amikor Jane elviszi a kolibrit a raktárból, olyan események sorozatát indítja el, amelyek hamar kicsúsznak az irányítása alól. Nemsokára Jane és a családja is veszélybe kerül, és alig néhány szövetséges segít megérteni neki a veszély valódi mértékét. Vajon az egyetlen út a biztonságba, ha követi Silvina lépteit? Vagy túl késő leállni? Miközben Jane kétségbeesetten keresi a válaszokat arra, miért vette fel vele a kapcsolatot Silvina, ő – és talán a világ is – kifut az időből. A Kolibri szalamandra Jeff VanderMeer kápráztató, filmszerű stílusának legjavát nyújtja. Feszes és váratlan csavarokkal teli történetté szövi a klímaváltozás, az identitás és az általunk lakott világ legalapvetőbb kérdéseit.

A speculative thriller about the end of all things, set in the Pacific Northwest. A harrowing descent into a secret world. Security consultant and former wrestler 'Jane Smith' receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues leading her to a taxidermied salamander. Silvina, the dead woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of an Argentine industrialist. By taking the hummingbird from the storage unit, Jane sets in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control. Soon, Jane and her family are in danger, with few allies to help her make sense of the true scope of the peril. Is the only way to safety to follow in Silvina's footsteps? Is it too late to stop? As she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her, time is running out-for her and possibly for the world. Hummingbird Salamander is Jeff VanderMeer at his brilliant, cinematic best, wrapping profound questions about climate change, identity, and the world we live in into a tightly plotted thriller full of unexpected twists and elaborate conspiracy.

Under the watchful eye of The Company, three characters - Grayson, Morse and Chen - shapeshifters, amorphous, part human, part extensions of the landscape, make their way through forces that would consume them. A blue fox, a giant fish and language stretched to the limit. A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden. Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth - all the Earths.

John Finch je detektivem v Ambře, městě okupovaném a terorizovaném tajemnými bytostmi z podzemí, zvanými šeďáci. Prastaré město se propadá do anarchie, šeďácké houby a plísně bují na domech i v lidech, povstalecké síly jsou demoralizovány a rozprášeny, a parciálové lidští zrádci, přetvoření šeďáky v cosi jiného kráčejí ulicemi a trýzní obyvatele. Finch má na příkaz šeďáckého nadřízeného vyřešit nepochopitelnou dvojnásobnou vraždu. V průběhu vyšetřování narazí na krajně podivné události, je nucen připomenout si svou vlastní, pečlivě utajovanou minulost, a kromě toho se dostane na stopu klíčovému tajemství historie Ambry. Jak se zdá, osud celého města bude nakonec záviset na jeho rozhodnutí Povinná četba pro fanoušky fantasy, noiru, skvělé literatury a také, samozřejmě, hub. Joe Abercrombie Skvělá kniha. Plná stínů a temná jako hřích, detektivní, fantastická Kruci, tohle jsem žral. Vlastně i trochu žárlím. Joe R. Lansdale Finch mě prostě absolutně odrovnal. Přísahal bych, že se nedá sloučit noir a fantastika, a hle, Jeff VanderMeer mi úžasným způsobem předvedl, že jsem se pletl. Ken Bruen Fungální noir. Steampunkové delirium. Paranoidní špionážní thriller Jasný signál pokud ovšem kdy bylo takového signálu třeba že [VanderMeer] zůstává jedním z nejoriginálnějších a nejneohroženějších průkopníků moderní fantastické literatury. Richard K. Morgan

Under the watchful eye of The Company, three characters - Grayson, Morse and Chen - shapeshifters, amorphous, part human, part extensions of the landscape, make their way through forces that would consume them. A blue fox, a giant fish and language stretched to the limit. A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden. Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth - all the Earths.

Strhující román z blízké budoucnosti od autora oceňované trilogie Jižní Zóna se odehrává v nebezpečných rozvalinách někdejšího města, v nichž obezřetně shání obživu mladá Rachel. Ruiny se jen hemží výsledky biotechnologických experimentů, kterých se před svým pádem zbavila tajuplná Společnost, avšak nejhorší hrozbu představují zuřivé a nepředvídatelné útoky gigantického medvěda jménem Mord. Do vylidněného obytného komplexu, kde žije spolu se svým partnerem Wickem, si Rachel z jedné ze svých výprav přinese malou zelenou hrudku, o které ani neví, zda je zárodkem rostliny, nebo živočicha. Přesto k ní od první chvíle cítí zvláštní náklonnost. Svého nového chráněnce pojmenuje Borne, postupně si k němu začne vytvářet stále silnější pouto a nechtěně tak uvede do pohybu události, které naruší – nebo spíše rozmetají – jemnou rovnováhu sil v celém nemilosrdném městě. Rachel tuší, kam události směřují, přesto se Borna nehodlá vzdát… a ten se zatím mění a roste.

Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. It also exploits the visual nature of genre culture and employs bold, full-color drawings, maps, renderings, and visualizations to stimulate creative thinking. On top of all that, the book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names working in the field today, including George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, and Karen Joy Fowler. For the fifth anniversary of the original publication, Jeff VanderMeer has added an additional 32 pages of diagrams, illustrations, and writing exercises creating the ultimate volume of inspiring advice that is also a stunning and inspiring object.

In a ruined, nameless city of the future, a woman named Rachel, who makes her living as a scavenger, finds a small green lump of a creature she names ''Borne'' entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic, despotic bear. Mord once prowled the corridors of the biotech organization known as the Company, which lies at the outskirts of the city, until he was experimented on, grew large, learned to fly and broke free. Driven insane by his torture at the hands of the Company, Mord terrorizes the city. Borne somehow reminds Rachel of the island nation of her birth, now long lost to rising seas. She feels an attachment she resents; attachments are traps, and in this world any weakness can kill you. Yet when she takes Borne to her subterranean sanctuary, the Balcony Cliffs, Rachel convinces her lover, Wick, not to render Borne down to raw genetic material for the drugs he sells -- she cannot break that bond. Wick is a special kind of supplier, because the drug dealers in the city don't sell the usual things. They sell tiny creatures that can be swallowed or stuck in the ear, and that release powerful memories of other people's happier times or pull out forgotten memories from the user's own mind -- or just produce beautiful visions that provide escape from the barren, craterous landscapes of the city. Against his better judgment, out of affection for Rachel or perhaps some other impulse, Wick respects her decision. Rachel, meanwhile, despite her loyalty to Wick, knows he has kept secrets from her. Searching his apartment, she finds a burnt, unreadable journal titled ''Mord,'' a cryptic reference to the Magician (a rival drug dealer) and evidence that Wick has planned the layout of the Balcony Cliffs to match the blueprint of the Company building. What is he hiding? Why won't he tell her about what happened when he worked for the Company?

From the author of Annihilation, now a major motion picture on Netflix.Janice Shriek, ex-society figure, narrates this tale with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions. We follow the adventures of her brother Duncan, an historian obsessed with a doomed love affair, and learn of a secret that may kill or transform him. We witness a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever. And we're introduced to the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who've been waiting underground for their chance to mould the future of the city. Shriek: An Afterword by the Nebula Award winning author Jeff VanderMeer is an epic yet personal look at life, love and death in the vividly imagined city of Ambergris. And, through this tumultuous story of the family Shriek, the author shows his genius at capturing and displaying the bizarre. Praised by China Mieville, The Times, Guardian and many others, this tale relates the scandalous, heart-breaking and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.

From the author of Annihilation, now a major motion picture on Netflix. In the city of Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading and finds himself enchanted. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he's imagined a city called Ambergris, invented its every last detail, and that he's really from a place called Chicago. Ambergris is a cruelly beautiful metropolis - a haven for artists and thieves, for composers and murderers. And once there, anything can happen. These tales of Ambergris include the World Fantasy Award-winning novella, The Transformation of Martin Lake. From Jeff VanderMeer, an author praised by writers such as Laren Beukes, China Mieville and Michael Moorcock, City of Saints and Madmen is by turns sensuous and terrifying. This collection of four linked novellas is the perfect introduction to VanderMeer's vividly imagined worlds.

From the author of Annihilation, now a major motion picture on Netflix Dreams and nightmares entwine as three fellow travellers strive to achieve their deepest desires.Nicholas seeks to escape his demons in the city of Veniss' shadowy underground. But in so doing, he makes a deal with the devil himself. His twin sister, Nicola, embarks on a feverish search for him. And while discovering the city's hidden secrets, she'll spin her own hypnotic tale.Nicola's lover Shadrach is haunted by her mysterious disappearance. In the grip of despair, he decides to embark on a mythic journey. Shadrach must steel himself to visit the nightmarish levels deep beneath the surface of the city to bring his love back to the light. For these depths hold perils that are both complex and chilling. There, he will find wonders beyond imagining . . . and horrors greater than the heart can bear.Literary alchemist Jeff VanderMeer has produced a triumph of the imagination, revealing the mysterious city of Veniss through three intertwined voices. Veniss Underground is an unforgettable journey exploring the limits of love, memory and obsession. This edition includes the novella Balzac's War.